Kaison
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #539 for boys in 2025, 557 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 655 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,182since 1989
Kaison over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kaison has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #539 | 557 |
| 2024 | — | #512 | 595 | |
| 2023 | — | #501 | 604 | |
| 2022 | — | #510 | 583 | |
| 2021 | — | #465 | 642 | |
| 2020 | — | #454 | 655 | |
| 2019 | — | #496 | 577 | |
| 2018 | — | #569 | 485 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #581 | 468 |
| 2016 | — | #663 | 391 | |
| 2015 | — | #733 | 333 | |
| 2014 | — | #973 | 215 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,047 | 183 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,202 | 149 |
| 2011 | — | #1,257 | 137 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,425 | 116 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,459 | 114 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,775 | 84 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,995 | 70 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,832 | 40 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Kaison! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1995, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaison is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#146 · 1 in 417
- Mississippi#189 · 1 in 677
- Alabama#223 · 1 in 861
- Georgia#279 · 1 in 1,141
- New Mexico#311 · 1 in 1,083
Best ever in a state: #124 in Wyoming, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #146 | 7 | 1 in 417 |
| Mississippi | #189 | 16 | 1 in 677 |
| Alabama | #223 | 25 | 1 in 861 |
| Georgia | #279 | 44 | 1 in 1,141 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,083 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 17 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Ohio | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Florida | #394 | 49 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 26 | 1 in 1,980 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Oklahoma | #464 | 9 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Virginia | #497 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Texas | #539 | 60 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Tennessee | #592 | 12 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Arizona | #672 | 9 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| California | #683 | 40 | 1 in 4,387 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| New Jersey | #766 | 8 | 1 in 4,971 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| New York | #844 | 16 | 1 in 5,276 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaison
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 85 spots since 2020 (#454 → #539)
- 194 spots since 2015 (#733 → #539)
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 45 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2020 at #454 (655 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,635
- Highest: 1 in 2,635 boys born in 2020 were named Kaison (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,067 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 50.6% of all boys named Kaison (3,636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 49 | #5,317 (1999) | #6,825 |
| 2000s | 438 | #1,459 (2009) | #3,483 |
| 2010s | 3,054 | #496 (2019) | #895 |
| 2020s | 3,636 | #454 (2020) | #497 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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